Hold'em table

K3o is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

J2 suited is worth completing for 50 chips heads-up, but it is too weak to build a large pot out of position.

Ace-queen offsuit is a strong hand heads-up against a limped small blind, so I raise for value and to build the pot with position-less initiative.

J2 suited is too weak to defend out of position against a raise to 400.

6-3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown opponents.

AJs is a strong hand heads-up in the small blind against the big blind, so I raise for value to 3bb and build the pot with position-adjusted equity.

Holding A4o in the big blind against a small blind raise gives us sufficient equity and postflop position to defend with a call.

Ace-high with a nut flush draw backdoor and overcard to the board, plus a gutshot to a straight (A-J-T-8 needs Q/9 - actually 9 gives J-T-9-8 open). Betting about two-thirds pot in position-less spot builds the pot and denies equity with a hand that has decent showdown value and draws.

I have unimproved Ace-high with virtually no draw on a disconnected board facing a significant continuation bet. Folding is clearly the best play.

J8 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding the button preflop is the disciplined choice, even though the price is only 100.

In a blind-vs-blind situation after the button folded, A6s is a strong candidate to raise for value and initiative.

J-T suited plays well in position against a small-blind open, so I’ll call the 200-chip raise.

Out of position on an 8-4-3 board that connects well with the big blind's calling range, checking our ace-high with backdoors is standard.

With position and two overcards on a dry flop, a small bet can win the pot when the preflop raiser checks while risking relatively little.

I have an overcard Ace and a gutshot straight draw facing a small 1/3 pot bet, giving more than sufficient pot odds to peel the turn.

We picked up the nut flush draw alongside our gutshot straight draw on the turn; checking to the flop aggressor retains pot control and gives us great options to check-call or check-raise.

The turn gives me a gutshot straight draw, and this card can favor my big-blind calling range. Betting applies pressure to unpaired overcards while leaving me outs if called.

I have the nut flush draw plus a gutshot straight draw (including a straight flush draw to the 5s), giving me 12 clean outs with strong implied odds to call the turn bet.

Holding the nut flush on a river that completed the flush draw, leading for value targets opponent's straights, sets, two pairs, and lower flushes that would likely check back.

Top pair with a jack kicker is strong enough to bluff-catch at this price. The river lead can represent a flush or straight, but missed overcards and weaker pairs are also plausible.

AJo is well within the standard button opening range in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x enters the pot with initiative and position.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

3-8 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 150 out of position against a button open would leave me playing a difficult postflop spot, so I fold.

52 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even three-handed.

A8o is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind against the big blind, since the button folded. Raising for value and initiative is better than limping or folding.

Defending A4o in position against a small blind open getting 2:1 pot odds.

Top pair with an ace kicker on a dry K-4-3 board is worth betting for value and protection against overcards and draws. A bet of about two-thirds of the 600 pot keeps worse Kx-less hands and draws paying, while I am first to act heads-up against the big blind's calling range.

In a blind versus blind pot, second pair top kicker is too strong to fold against a single flop continuation bet getting 2.5 to 1.

I hold the nut straight (A-2-3-4-5 wheel needs a 5; actually I have A-high with a gutshot wheel draw... ) so I am betting for value and protection on a Ks-4d-3c-2c board: I have A8 with a wheel draw needing a 5 and ace-high, and I bet as a semi-bluff after the opponent's flop call. Turn card 2c gives me A-2-3-4 needing a 5.}

We hold second pair along with a gutshot wheel draw and an overcard Ace, giving us ample equity and pot odds to call a half-pot turn bet.

I have a wheel straight (A-2-3-4-5), which is very strong on this board. Villain called flop and turn, so they could hold a king or a draw that missed. I'll bet about half the pot for value.

I have an ace-to-five straight on an unpaired board with no flush possible. Raising only gets value if worse hands call, but worse hands fold while a 6 beats us, so calling captures value against chops and bluffs.

K2 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling from the button out of position against two players who have not yet acted is not worth it. Folding costs nothing here.

94o is far too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position.